Farmingville man on trial for bouncer's death

A jury heard opening statements Monday in the trial of a Farmingville man accused of killing an off-duty corrections officer in a bar fight last summer.

Prosecutors say 26-year-old Anthony Oddone choked Andrew Reister to death during a fight at the Publick House in Southampton. He faces a second-degree murder charge.

Reister was working part time as a bouncer at the bar. The fight allegedly began when Reister told Oddone to stop dancing on a table. Prosecutors say Oddone threw the first punch and then proceeded to choke the bouncer.

Oddone's attorney, however, says her client acted in self defense and calls Reister the aggressor.